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Tree  Warming (KPC2022) Mystery Cache

Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


The geocache is not hidden at the given coordinates. Solve the puzzle below to determine the location of the geocache.

My doctor told me to get more exercise; so a nice hike in the woods might help prevent another episode of chest pains. House prices are starting to drop in other areas of the country; so it might be time to look at what's available again.

  • 337684764
  • 98416012
  • 245221045
  • 219907396
  • 83379396
  • 239943210
  • 32596892
  • 8760429
  • 66161419
  • 305849568
  • 2068706739
  • 181532830
  • 194341767
  • 60568169
  • 22624284


You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.

Special Notes about the 2022 Puzzle Challenge: To be considered for Fastest Solver points, you must verify your solution with Certitude. Finders will receive Top Finder points when submitting Found It logs to the cache page. All "point" scoring is arbitrary, subject to change, at the discretion of the cache owner, and probably completely meaningless (unless you just want to be announced sooner at the celebration party, if one even happens in 2023, as we haven't had one for the past two years). The real challenge is to see whether I can even figure out how to create a new puzzle each month this year! To maintain fairness, hints should not be offered by the cache owner or other solvers until the fifteenth of the month.

Special Notes about this month's puzzle: Decided I've been using w3w too much this year. I parked at the given coordinates when I hid the cache. I also ran into poison oak somewhere in the park after I hid the cache; so you might want to watch out if you try for a second find afterward. There was a sign in my doctor's office that said "Beach Party", which fits the same pattern I used for the cache title.


First To Solve: kcmcacher (108 minutes)
First To Log: kittyshrink (9 hours)
Named pre-hint solvers: 23
Pre-hint finds logged: 8
KPC2022 Solvers Scoreboard
KPC2022 Finders Scoreboard
Previous KPC Puzzle: Five by Five (KPC2022)
Next KPC Puzzle: Heroic Humans (KPC2022)
Final Exam: KPC2022 Final Exam

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Hint added October 15th.] CCGU

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)